Best Public Schools in Zip Code 59254

Summary:

The 59254 zip code area is home to 3 schools that are part of the Plentywood K-12 Schools district, including 1 elementary school, 1 middle school, and 1 high school.

The standout school in this data set is Plentywood 7-8, the middle school, which has consistently ranked highly in the state, placing 19th out of 222 Montana middle schools in the 2024-2025 school year and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's test scores are also impressive, with 51.61% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 79.03% proficient or better in Mathematics.

Overall, the schools in the Plentywood district generally perform above the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, with Plentywood Elementary and Plentywood High School having student-teacher ratios around 10 students per teacher, while Plentywood 7-8 has a higher ratio of 13.6 students per teacher. The schools also have relatively high rates of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, ranging from 39.6% at Plentywood High School to 43.02% at Plentywood Elementary, and all three schools report the same spending per student figure of $12,001 for the 2018-2019 school year.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ACT with Writing English Language Arts (2025)	ACT with Writing Mathematics (2025)	ACT with Writing Science (2025)	MAST English Language Arts (2025)	MAST Mathematics (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ACT with Writing English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT with Writing Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT with Writing Science 11th Grade	MAST English Language Arts All Grades	MAST Mathematics All Grades	Total
Plentywood School	Public	PK, KG-6	100 East Laurel Avenue	Plentywood	59254	Sheridan County	Plentywood K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 765-1803	179	18	10.0	43.0%	149 (83.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	4 (2.2%)	8 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (8.4%)	68.8	107^th of 401 public elementary schools	73.3%					(n/a)				43.1	59.6	$14,432
Plentywood High School	Public	9-12	100 East Laurel Avenue	Plentywood	59254	Sheridan County	Plentywood K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 765-1803	101	10	10.3	39.6%	93 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.0%)	54.1	87^th of 182 public high schools	52.2%		29.7	91^st of 122 public high schools	25.4%	4	50.0	31.8	22.7			$17,127
Plentywood 7-8	Public	7-8	100 East Laurel Avenue	Plentywood	59254	Sheridan County	Plentywood K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 765-1803	61	4	13.6	42.6%	54 (88.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.3%)	1 (1.6%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.9%)	81.4	19^th of 222 public middle schools	91.4%					(n/a)				51.6	79.0	$17,112

Cities Near Zip Code 59254

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Plentywood	5.49 mi	3
Medicine Lake	22.77 mi	3	56^th
Westby	28.04 mi	3
Froid	34.11 mi	3	64^th
Scobey	34.45 mi	3	18^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Montana Office of Public Instruction.

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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 59254

Plentywood 7-8

Plentywood School

Plentywood High School

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